Klaus Klostermaier

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Klaus K. Klostermaier
Born	1933 Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Education	PhD in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome (1961), PhD University of Bombay (1969).
Title	Professor
Known for	Sanskrit and Hindu scholar
Religious beliefs	Catholic

Klaus K. Klostermaier (born 1933 in Munich, Germany) is a researcher on Hinduism and Indian history and culture. He obtained a PhD in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1961, and another in "Ancient Indian History and Culture" from the University of Bombay in 1969.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was Head of the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba (Canada) from 1986 to 1997, and director of an "Asian Studies Center", 1990-1995.

He was the Director of Academic Affairs at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies from 1997-1998. ^[1]

During his researches in India he was a member of the Order of Divine Word^[2].

1 Selected works
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Selected works

The Nature of Nature: Explorations in Science, Philosophy and Religion (Theosophical Publishing House 2004);
Hindu Writings: A Short Introduction to the Major Sources (Oneworld Books, 2001);
A Survey of Hinduism (2nd ed. 1994);
Indian Theology in Dialogue (1986);
Mythologies and Philosophies of Salvation in the Theistic Traditions of India (1984);
Hindu and Christian in Vrindavan (1969).